General Mills to close Cedar Rapids plant move seen as cost cut
General Mills plans consolidation of production from the 106000 square foot Iowa City area plant into another site to cut supply chain costs in a competitive market. Local officials Iowa City Area Development president Joe Rose and Kirkwood CC discuss employee transition aid as discussions with real estate officials continue.
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Cedar Rapids
Thorsgaard
Iowa City
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ICAD
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Massillon
Ohio
Debate over British honors system amid calls for reform
A government committee urged transparency in the British honors system and proposed drastic changes including scrapping titles like Sir and Dame. It recommended reducing honors from 16 to four and creating new categories such as Companion of Honor and Member of the Order of British Excellence. Blair’s office said it would study the findings.
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Britain
Benjamin Zephaniah
Order of the British Empire
Blair
Queen
Empire
Guardian
David Bowie
John Cleese
Albert Finney
Kenneth Branagh
Mick
Jagger
Elton John
Paul McCartney
Maggie Smith
Joan Plowright
Order of British Excellence
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City skate parks draw crowds and criticism
Skate parks in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City draw 20 to 30 skaters on nice days. Officials say parks are well used with minor vandalism, while street skating persists as skaters seek natural obstacles and new spots.
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McInroy
Tree of Five Seasons
Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Dave Smith
Papke
Terrell Mill Park
Iowa City
Terrell Mill
Terry Trueblood
Parks and Recreation
Mitch Dettman
E. Washington St
Dettman
Senate split over marriage amendment amid convention politics
Republicans clash over wording as Sen Allard pushes a two sentence measure defining marriage as one man one woman and barring courts from recognizing same sex marriage. Some fear vagueness could block civil unions while Democrats block an alternative version and warn of constitutional overreach.
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Boston
Norman Ornstein
American Enterprise Institute Policy Research Group
Washington
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
U.S
Rick Santorum
R-Pa
Barbara Boxer
Dcalif
Wayne Allard
R-Corp
Vermont
Gordon Smith
R-Ore
Lawmakers clash over Massachusetts ruling on marriage
Sen Grassley says judges in Massachusetts could remake marriage nationwide while Sen Harkin calls court action a fiasco for Republicans. The Smith version faced stiff opposition and failed to reach two thirds. Kerry and Edwards planned no Senate vote on a constitutional amendment opposing same sex marriage.
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Chuck Grassley
R Lowa
Massachusetts
United States
Tom Harkin
D-Iown
Senate
John Kerry
D-Mass
John Edwards
D-N.c
Red Cross access sought over detainee abuses and cooperation
The article reports U S officials insisting cooperation with the Red Cross while confirming concerns over abuses at Abu Ghraib. It notes Maj Gen Taguba's finding that MPs hid and moved ghost detainees, violating international law, and cites Red Cross access to prisoners in Afghanistan Guantanamo and Iraq. It mentions Notari and Kellenberger urging fuller notification.
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Pentagon
Bryan Whitman
International Committee of the Red Cross
Defense Department
Baghdad
Abu Ghraib
U.S. Army
Antonio Taguba
United States
Afghanistan
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Notari
Jakob Kellenberger
Washington
Colin Powell
Defense
Paul Wolfowitz
Condoleezza Rice
FBI
Diego Garcia
Indian Ocean
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